Steve Sanford
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I am repairing and re-painting a couple of Broadbill rigs - my own and a friend's. They are all Herter's Model 72 Broadbill/Bluebill, 80 or 90 stool all told.
Question: What ratio of drakes to hens do you hunt in your diver rigs?
I always paint up a higher ratio (60:40?) of drakes to hens because:
1) drakes show more white and so show up better, especially in the open bay
2) among the pochards (cans, redheads, scaups, ringnecks), disparate (drake-heavy) sex ratios are common in nature
3) I only use the divers late-season when adult drakes have migrated down - primarily on Long Island
BTW: I recognize that this question is probably academic, i.e., it probably doesn't matter at all if you rig where the birds want to be....
Your thoughts?
SJS
I am repairing and re-painting a couple of Broadbill rigs - my own and a friend's. They are all Herter's Model 72 Broadbill/Bluebill, 80 or 90 stool all told.
Question: What ratio of drakes to hens do you hunt in your diver rigs?
I always paint up a higher ratio (60:40?) of drakes to hens because:
1) drakes show more white and so show up better, especially in the open bay
2) among the pochards (cans, redheads, scaups, ringnecks), disparate (drake-heavy) sex ratios are common in nature
3) I only use the divers late-season when adult drakes have migrated down - primarily on Long Island
BTW: I recognize that this question is probably academic, i.e., it probably doesn't matter at all if you rig where the birds want to be....
Your thoughts?
SJS